FTII was established in 1960 by the Government of India.

Satyajit Ray was the first Director of FTII.

FTII's main campus is located in Pune, Maharashtra.

FTII currently has six schools: Film, Television, New Media, Acting, Animation, and Sound Recording and Engineering.

Mrinal Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, and Shyam Benegal were among the renowned Indian filmmakers who taught at FTII in the early years.

Rajkumar Hirani, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Imtiaz Ali are all FTII graduates who went on to become prominent directors in Bollywood.

Ritesh Batra, an FTII graduate, won the National Film Award for Best Director in 2013 for his film 'The Lunchbox'.

Shaunak Sen, an FTII graduate, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2020 for his film 'All That Breathes'.

Mani Kaul, an FTII graduate, is known for his distinctive style of filmmaking, often characterized by surrealism and magical realism.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan, an FTII graduate, is known for his work in the Malayalam film industry and is considered one of the pioneers of the New Wave movement in Malayalam cinema.

Girish Kasaravalli, an FTII graduate, is known for his work in the Kannada film industry and is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of Kannada cinema.

Mrinal Sen, an FTII graduate, is known for his work in the Bengali film industry and is considered one of the most important filmmakers of the Indian New Wave movement.

Jabbar Patel, an FTII graduate, is known for his work in the Marathi film industry and is considered one of the pioneers of the Marathi New Wave movement.

Ketan Mehta, an FTII graduate, is known for his work in the Gujarati film industry and is considered one of the most important filmmakers in the history of Gujarati cinema.

Mani Ratnam, an FTII graduate, is known for his work in the Tamil film industry and is considered one of the most successful filmmakers in the history of Tamil cinema.